The Mayors Monarch Butterfly Garden - Douglasville, GA
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N 33° 45.135 W 084° 44.848
16S E 708639 N 3736965
Located in J. Tom Worthan City Park
Waymark Code: WMYPPY
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/08/2018
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County of garden: Douglas County
Location of garden: Campbellton St. & E. Strickland St., Worthan Park, Douglasville
Phone: 770-920-3000
"The National Wildlife Federation and local municipalities across the country have created the Mayors' Monarch Pledge to help stem the serious decline of the iconic monarch butterfly population. Butterflies are vital "pollinators" in our ecosystem.
"Keep Douglasville Beautiful is spearheading this effort for Mayor Robinson, and work has begun on the garden at Worthan Park.
"Saturday, April 22nd was the first workday, and 38 volunteers showed up to help.
"30 of those volunteers were from Comcast, who also donated $1200 to buy the plants for the garden through their "Comcast Cares" program" ~ City News Flask, Douglasville
"The Douglas County Butterfly Trail is expanding with the opening of a new butterfly garden located at J. Tom Worthan Park in downtown Douglasville.
"Volunteers worked Saturday to get the garden established, moving dirt and planting butterfly magnets like salvias, black-eyed susans and coneflowers on the western edge of the park. Others helped build an arbor that will serve as an entrance to the Butterfly Garden.
"The Worthan Park garden is the eighth on the county's butterfly trail, said Douglas County Master Gardener Marjorie Stansel, who helped design the Worthan Park garden along with Keep Douglasville Beautiful Executive Director Chan Weeks.
"The garden at Worthan Park is estimated to cover more than 1,000-square-feet, according to Weeks.
"Weeks said that in building the garden, the groups involved "are not bringing in butterflies but we are planting plants that will attract butterflies."' ~ Douglas County Sentinel, By Kate Croxton, April 23, 2017